Since I have been traveling nonstop this week, and had many late drives, I have not had a chance to think about the next major posts I want to put up...which I will work on getting some new good ones up for you over the next few days. For now...here is your chance to post what you want to talk about next...so whoever is first here gets to set the chain in motion.
Hey guys, how are you all doing? Who is excited for Mt. Rushmore and other shows coming up?!? I know I am! I get to meet many people that I have come to know through this blog and on facebook on March 20 in Moline! I'm super excited! Dee informed me that mega practice is in only 23 days, not that we are counting down or anything;) I can't wait to meet all of you! What are you guys excited for?!?
ReplyDeleteHEY KELLI!!! I only talk to you like everyday!! If I was going to Mt. Rushmore...I would be SUPER excited!!! But I am soo excited for the next show that I can go to!! I soo can't wait to meet you in the near future! I am excited about my California trip in 20 days!! Not that I'm counting down the days for this either!! ;)
ReplyDeleteKelli you know im excited!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHey Hey!!! :D
ReplyDeleteWell I am extremely excited!! This year is going to be AMAZINGLY AWESOME!!!! I am sooooooooo excited!! Everyday I talk about it!! and uhh Kelli... I don't know what your talking about..counting down the days...Pshhh... *nervously laughing* LoL ;D everyday I think I text you and tell you lol :D 23DAYSS!!!!!! I can't believe it! I get to meet all this awesome people that i've been talking to! man I can't wait!! :D
Kristen- im sad that you arn't going to MTR... BUT you are sooooooo lucky!!!! You get to go to California!!!!! I would be sooo excited!! I hope you have a Blast!! :)
Amanda- Woot!!! :D
Oh, this one is so easy i am excited for MTR of course and march 15 ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!!
ReplyDeletealso that i made it to TAS this year!!!
Kristen-I bumed you wont be at Moline or MTR. I'm sure we will find some random show to do together though soon! Plus if I was a normal person and found out you, me, and Kathy were all going to the same show I would be a little worried.
ReplyDeleteDee-I haven't recieved the 23 day countdown text yet! I subtracted a day from the 24 day text though to figure it out...cause guess what...24-1=23!!!! :O I know I was schocked to ;)
Amanda-no comment...:D
Autumn-Yay!
oh ya, i just found out i am playing snare for marching season next year !:)
ReplyDeleteKelli- thank you :)
Kelli-haha I was waiting for the perfect moment!! *cough cough look at your phone coughady cough cough* ;) hahaha!! Niceee!!! :D 24-1=23!! thats awesome! Gotta love math ^_^
ReplyDeleteAurumn- Good Job!!!!! Woot!!!
ReplyDeleteDee- I am sad too...California is a much needed vacation from Language class!!! I will have a blast!
ReplyDeleteKelli- I am bummed too...and yeah the three of us going to the same show may NOT be a good idea! :) But we would make it LOADS of fun!!! :D
I wish for all of you an awesome God experience at MTR 2010. We were there in 2007. If you get to do any sightseeing besides at the memorial, take the drive into the Badlands. It's totally worth it. Read what makes up the Badlands and take time to explore the many formations. Also, the Firehouse Restaurant in downtown Rapid City is awesome. I hope it's still open for business. Maybe someone from Rapid City can comment if it's open. Have a superfantastic trip. It took us 14 hours one way ... let's see... 14 hours in the cold or 10 hours to a sunny place. Well, we chose MTR and our memories are Priceless! What a wonderful different way to praise God and rejoice about His Son on Easter morning.
ReplyDeleteOh and HEY... where are all our bloggers at? Are they practicing those tick tock beats again?? I'm challenging my site to get to their computers and blog blog blog. You know ... in between all those beats. ha ha :)
ReplyDeleteI'm SOOOO excited!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to meet my online SR friends in real life! At the moment, Kelli is the only person not from my site that I've met in real life. Sad, right? I've only been here a few months though, so I have time!
I can't wait for the Megapractice! It sounds so much fun.
I'm spending the part of Spring Break that I have at home doing hardcore practice on everything that I don't know yet. I pity my family.
Annette- I know, this place has been pretty quiet for a while.
HELLO All!!!!! I am excited about our first official show that we are having in Faith on Monday, and then practice with Steve and Jordan that night and then another show in Newell on Tuesday!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am getting excited to actually meet you guys at MTR.....and boy you all might be really pumped to see something that Drew, David and Elizabeth have been working on. It is AWESOME!!!!
I am also very excited that our boy's basketball team made it to the State B Tournament in Aberdeen next week. So what a week it is going to be! Two days of SR and 3 days of BB tournament!!!!!!
Those of you asking about the Firehouse in Rapid...it is still there! Well that's all for now!
Larinda-I have heard about what those three are up to. They are sending me a video of it. Elizabeth is also trying to get me to Faith on Monday (which won't be happening :( I have Adams, MN second practice and that thing they call school that is supposedly something you are suposed to go to so you can learn things lol)
ReplyDeleteSonja-Aww I feel special! I lead your first show AND I'm the only person outside MSP you actually know?!? Well that WILL be changing shortly!
Dee-I saw ;) <3
Annette-I was wondering the same thing! If my site wasn't mostly way younger kids I would be doing the same thing!
Kristen-Of course it would be a good idea silly goose! It would be epic, specially with Alex thrown in there as well!!!
Kelli- It would be soooo much fun if the three of us were together! We would definitely bring everyone out of their shells and into total silliness!!!!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteLarinda- I can't WAIT to see what they are up to. :)
ReplyDeleteSonja and Larinda- ya i know, usually there are a lot of comments. Hmmmm it makes me curious
ReplyDeleteI'm really excited to see everyone I've met on this blog @ MTR! That, and the show coming up Monday!
ReplyDeleteMe? Drew? Elizabeth? Up to something? Whatever do you mean? *shifty eyes* ;)
I have a show on Thursday! My second show! (Which means MTR is going to be my third)
ReplyDeleteEvery time I sign up for a show, I get a "What did I just get myself into?" moment.
Still, CAN'T WAIT!
Autumn- If nobody else comments I'm just going to end up talking to myself. It'll be amusing to readers, I'm sure.
Sonja - I'm gonna be there on thursday too! It's my first show :)
ReplyDeleteSonja-sounds good to me. it will be entertaining ;]
ReplyDeleteHeidi-you first show!? CONGRATS! i remeber my first show, you'll do great! don't be nervous (i was lol )
Heidi-Have a great show! I wish I was going!
ReplyDeleteSonja-Have fun! I talk to myself all the time so it's all good!
Heidi- I GET TO BE AT YOUR FIRST SHOW!!! You'll love it. Shows are amazing, even if you're like me and don't know the songs. (It's my second. We'll be in the same situation of "Oh no, I don't know this!" but it's all good because there are lots of awesome drummers to follow.) You're going to be great!
ReplyDeleteAutumn and Kelli- I will have fun, thanks. ;)
Man it feels like forever since I've been able to comment... It's been like a day or two.. lol. yesterday we had a birthday party for my cousin, my twin, and I yesterday. Its was fun seeing most of my family... They are VERY loud, i must say its very amusing. lol :D
ReplyDeleteBut anyways Heidi- Congrats on your first show!! I remember my first show... I was soo scared and I didn't know most of the songs.. but! thats were the awesome Steps Of Success come in! I know you will do awesome! You'll have to tell me how it goes. :)
Annette- I LOVE driving thru the Badlands..It is such an awesome thing to see! That is another thing I love to do when we go to MTR. I have some awesome pictures of the Badlands! :D I love the drive too. 25 hours there and 25 hours back. Yes its along drive but when you get to be with the people you love soo very much it goes fast! <3 I can't wait!!
I must say... MEGA PRACTICE IS IN... 20 DAYS!!!!! Im sooooooooooo excited! :D Its coming SO fast! :D
okay well i am extremely excited about MTR..i mean thats just a given with me meeting all these people on here. they are all so wonderful but it is gonna be better in person i can just tell :)
ReplyDeleteto those who were talking about their first shows...mine was a church service of 2 songs and we all had to share drums and take turns. but i had a blast. :) but yea that was almost 4 years ago so im a little fuzzy on all the details haha i have such a bad memory!!
Mine was last month! Ha ha, I just felt like since everyone else is talking about their first shows I should mention mine.
ReplyDeleteHey, now I have people to talk to so I don't need to talk to myself. :)
Sonja- haha i talk to myself all the time and sometimes i dont even realize that im doing it haha
ReplyDeleteColleen- Same. Or worse... Today I caught myself scolding my drumsticks every time I missed the cowbell while I was practicing. Sad, right?
ReplyDeleteSonja- not really cause i do the same thing...i even count to myself and sing my ABCs with out even thinking about it haha but i guess its just one more thing we have got in common :)
ReplyDeleteColleen- Ha ha that's great. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone :)) Yea I think I'll have fun and try not to be scared would be good goal haha! And I'm happy that you're there Sonja! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't know if I'm going to MTR so all I can really say is that I hope that everyone has a blast there :))
Heidi- ...you THINK you will have fun?? Girl...you WILL have fun!!!
ReplyDeleteSonja- :)
ReplyDeleteHeidi- you will have a blast!! my first show i was a little nervous but after i played a little bit i just got into the "groove" :) haha you'll do great. :)
Heidi- Don't worry, it's OK to be a little nervous. I've been on the stage my whole life and I could barely set up my drums I was so nervous. I can't wait to see you Thursday! You're gonna have so much fun! All the others drummers are very helpful at shows.
ReplyDeleteAlso I hope you can come to MTR!
Heidi- i agree with Sonja, you have to come to MTR!!! it will be so much fun!! and i cant wait to meet you and everyone else on here :)
ReplyDeleteSonja - Thanks! And I guess that makes sense :) I cant wait either!
ReplyDeleteColleen - I'd come if it was up to me but well I don't have a ride or this and that and so on.. Sounds fun though haha
Heidi- yea i know how that is. the first year that i went i almost didn't go because we didnt have the room. Thankfully one of the other parents *cough cough Dee's parents cough cough* volunteered to drive as well. So everything worked out. Just never give up and keep on trying. it will all work out hopefully :)
ReplyDeleteHey guys. I know that this is wierd to ask. I just had a good friend who's dad past away this morning. I am pretty sure that she is a freshman either that or 8th grade and he was only 43. Does anyone know what I should tell her?
ReplyDeleteColleen - Thanks :) I'm gonna try work something out I think
ReplyDeleteElizabeth - I'm so sorry for your friend! I have no idea what to tell her though since I've never been in a situation like that. I'm sure she'll be appreciative to have a friend to support and just be there for her
Heidi- anytime :)
ReplyDeleteElizabeth- Tell her comforting things...i think that is what you are supposed to do. when my great uncle died all my friends told me that it was going to be okay and that he was with god now in a better place.i guess its a hard thing to deal with when its your own parent so just tell your friend that it is going to be okay. she will be in my prayers :)
Elizabeth- Give her a hug, tell her you're sorry, be honest if you don't know what to say, and tell her you want to listen, if she wants to talk. I think there are some websites that talk about how to help people through grief, but I don't know of any specifically.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys.
ReplyDeleteChuck Friend said...
ReplyDeleteOn Dec. 31, 2005, my life nearly came to an end following an auto accident in which my van was hit head on and then pushed across the centerline and hit head on again. I was given less that 50 percent chance of living as I had 16 broken bones, including both legs with severely crushed femurs. Following six weeks of laying flat on my back in the hospital, I took my first step on Feb. 14. It has been a long recovery process to get to where I am today.
However in the summer of 2006, I met Steve and Jordan at the iowa State Fair. At that time ( even though walking with a walker) I knew I wanted to be a part of the SR family. The music and the SR message struck a chord with me immediately.
In July of 2009, I felt well enough to honor that commitment and made the plunge into the Des Moines Metro Group. At age 60, I am one of SR's oldest members, yet I feel like a "Big Kid" as i fulfill my dream.
I owe a lot to my Lord and Savior for giving me a second chance in life, and I want to make music with the SR family as a token of my love to HIM. . I thank Tom and Renae Lynch and all of the Des Moines Metro group for welcoming me into their "family."
I am looking forward to meeting and talking with many of you at MT Rushmore in just over a week, and at many of the shows during the summer.
Feel free to write me as I love to connect with people of all ages.